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Patent GB-190610208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of Insulating Electric Conductors, applicable more particularly for Rheostats, Heaters and the like.
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 10,208. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 1. Drawings to Specification. Mortar-like plastic compositions.-Conductors for electric rheostats, heating-devices, and the like are insulated by embedding them in a plastic insulating- material, such as that described in Specification No. 19,035, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Conducting &c.]. The material consists of a mixture of silica and a metal hydrate, with or without asbestos or like fibrous material.
Patent GB-190610545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bottles to Prevent them from being Fraudulently Refilled.
Inventor: MCNAY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1907-05-04
Abstract: 10,545. McNay, J. T. May 5. Bottles, non-refillable.-A cap c, of papier mÔchÚ &c., provided with a rubber or spring ring d, is forced on to the neck over the usual cork &c. k until the ring d engages a groove g and so locks the cap, which cannot then be removed without being broken. In a modification, Fig. 1, the cork &c. k is combined with the cap-c. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 18,831, A.D. 1897, No. 9020, A.D. 1904, and No. 8279, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190610984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Air Pumps for Vacuum Cleaning Machinery and for other purposes.
Inventor: LUEFTSCHITZ RUDOLF
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 10,984. L³ftschitz, R. May 10. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus. - A special piston pump is used in connexion with apparatus comprising a suction nozzle, a connecting-pipe, a vacuum chamber, a pipe 86, and a pump chamber, arranged as shown, without any dust filter or like arrangement.
Patent GB-190611993-A (GB)
Title: Devices for Separating Admixtures from Gases and Vapours.
Inventor: SCHEIBE ROBERT
Filed: 1906-05-22
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 11,993. Scheibe, R. May 22. Engines combined with centrifugal separating- apparatus.-Dust, water, oil, heavy hydrocarbons, and the like are separated from gases or from steam and other vapours by centrifugal separators. Steam for a steam-engine may be thus treated either before or after passing through the cylinders or turbine, or between the high and low pressure cylinders. The separator may consist of a revolving perforated cylinder b, Fig. 6, which may be provided with vanes. In another form, shown in Fig. 10, the sides of the drum b are sloped outwards so as to leave an annular opening e for the escape of the liquid. The fluid treated escapes through an annular aperture in the top f. Vanes are attached to the bottom d of the drum. The drum may be driven by an electric motor or by a small turbine, for which a portion of the liquid treated is used, and which is mounted on its shaft; or the vanes may be so arranged as to cause the drum to rotate. The vanes may rotate independently of the drum. Several modifications in the form of the drum and the arrangement of the vanes are described. If the substances to be removed from the fluid are of an adhesive nature, solvents: may be introduced into the drum to remove them.
Patent GB-190612643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Couplings for Railway Carriages, Waggons, and the like.
Inventor: HARDY TOM
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 12,643. Hardy, T. May 31. Couplings, automatic.-The draw-bar B is formed with a hook-shaped end G which engages automatically with a detent C pivoted within a casing D so as normally to occupy the position shown in full lines. The detent is operated from the side of the vehicle for uncoupling by links, chains, rods, or levers, and may be held in the uncoupled position by a pivoted catch H controlled by a spring L. A spring stud may be mounted within the casing D and may be arranged to lock the detent after coupling has taken place, the stud being released by the uncoupling-mechanism. The detent C may be hollowed out upon its upper edge in order to centralize the entering draw-bar when coupling upon curves. The coupling-elements may be arranged in pairs upon the ends of the vehicles, being placed on either side of the ordinary drawhooks, and may replace the ordinary buffers. Buffers; draw-gear.-The draw-bar B is fitted with draw-springs N, P and a buffer spring 0 arranged between stops R and the vehicle frame.
Patent GB-190614878-A (GB)
Title: Loose-leaf Books.
Inventor: CLARKE FRANCIS EDWARD
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1907-07-30
Abstract: 14,878. Clarke, F. E. June 30. Filing papers &c.-A loose-leaf book is composed of two plates A, C held together by pins a', and enclosing a slide B, slotted as shown in Fig. 3, Filing-pins D, having projections D', Fig. 5, pass through the plate C and slots b into holes in the plate A. On sliding the plate B, the pins D are caused to turn at right-angles to their closed position by engagement of the projections e of the slots b with the projections D'. According to the Provisional Specification, the slide acts on the filing-pins by cogs, levers, or cranks.
Patent GB-190618070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automobile and like Electric Horns.
Inventor: JUDKINS WILLIAM DUNCAN
Filed: 1906-08-11
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 18,070. Judkins, W. D., [Hutchison, M. R.]. Aug. 11. Electrically-operated plate vibrators. - Electric horns are provided with separate contact-breaking and diaphragm-actuating electro-magnets, which are mounted on an adjustable plate and connected in series. An exciting-circuit of low resistance and self-induction and a comparatively thick diaphragm of short period are employed. Fig. 2 shows the general construction, and Fig. 5 the arrangement of the circuit- The diaphragm magnet m is mounted on a plate k which screws into the main casing a, this plate also supporting the magnet n which operates the interrupter armature A tapering screw, screwing into and expanding a slot in the plate, locks it in place. Adjustable screws w, x vary the period of the interrupter p. The back of the casing is closed by a plate to form a resonating chamber, and a central boss d on the front plate c supports the trumpet f. The pitch of the sound may be varied by the adjustment of the screw v, and its quality by the adjustment of the plate k.
Patent GB-190627050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Acetylene Gas Generators and the like.
Inventor: GOFFIN JOSEPH EDMOND
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 27,050. Goffin, J. E. July 16, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Acetylene.-Two or more generators 2 are suspended by rods 5 in a frame 1, and each has a conical cover 3 tightly closed by a screwed spindle 7 operated by a hand-wheel 6. Water is supplied from a pipe 38, which ascends and descends with the gas-holder, the supply being cut off when the gas holder ascends. The water flows from a funnel 31 through a siphon 34, which is filled before starting work, to the inlet bucket 23 of the first tipping tank ; filling this it flows through openings 29, 30 to the tipping tank proper 44. It then passes through opening 28 to chamber 43, and thus overbalances the tank which turns on trunnions and delivers the water into a funnel 17, from which it flows through a bent pipe 15 to a perforated conical hopper 8 in the generator. Gas generated passes by pipes 9, 12, 13 to the gasholder. While the tipping tank empties, the supply of water to the bucket 23 continues until the level reaches that of pipe 32, when the water flows to the second tipping tank. Stop-cocks are provided to cut out any generator or tipping tank.
Patent GB-190700101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinges
Inventor: SLACKE CHARLES OWEN
Filed: 1907-01-02
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 101. Slacke, C. O., [trading as Slacke & Co.], and Doman, W. Jan. 2. Hinges.-The flap of a hinge for doors or gates is formed with a tongue B, Fig. 2, which is adapted to engage with a recess A when the flap is curled round the hinge pin. Plugs may be similarly secured to the upper and lower socket members with which the hinge pin engages. A metal plate M may be secured to the hinge strap, as shown in Fig. 3, to prevent the curl from opening out under strain.
Patent GB-190705572-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Attaching Stove Pipes to Chimney Breast and the like.
Inventor: REYNOLDS CHAUNCEY WALKER
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 5572. Reynolds, C. W., and Mock, A. H. March 7. Couplings, disconnectible; walls, securing pipes to.- Fig. 1 shows a device for attaching a stove-pipe 91 to a chimney breast 5, and a sliding plate 11 for closing the aperture when the stove-pipe 9<1> is withdrawn. A plate 7, with its vertical edges beaded like its upper and lower edges 9, serves as a guide for the plate 11, which may be lifted by a pin 12. The stove-pipe 91 is fitted into the flanged opening 18 in the plate 7, and is secured by the engagement of the lower end of the plate 11 with a slot 10 in the pipe. In a modification, the thimble 14, which is connected to the plate 7 by bent-over lugs 15, is omitted, and the plate 7 is attached to the brickwork by lugs slipped between the bricks. Transverse angle-irons 19 facilitate the adhesion of the plaster 20.
Patent GB-190708895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-starting Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: VEITCH THOMAS
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 8895. Veitch, T. Jan. 7, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines.-Compressed air from a reservoir is supplied to each combustion chamber 10 of a four-stroke-cycle engine through a camactuated valve 12 and check valve 15 during the working stroke at starting. The-air-pressure exceeds the compression pressure in the cylinders, but the valve 12 is not opened till after ignition; compressed air is therefore admitted and supplies auxiliary power whenever an explosion is missed during normal working. The cam shaft is arranged to rotate in the same direction when the engine is reversed.
Patent GB-190711938-A (GB)
Title: An Aquatic Cycle or Motor Car.
Inventor: SMITH HALEY WILKINSON
Filed: 1907-05-23
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 11,938. Smith, H. W. May 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Water velocipedes.-Two or more floats a are connected by a framework b on which a saddle d is supported. The cycle is driven from pedals e through chains h and bevel-wheels i, i<1> by a screw propellor f, steering being effected from a hand-wheel k connected to the rudder by chains l. The floats may be of wood, metal, or rubber, or in the form of a pneumatic tube with an outer cover. In the latter case, the floats are made in halves bolted together ; the pneumatic tube is made in sections with one inflating-valve for each section or with one valve for a number of interconnected sections. A paddle-wheel may replace the screw propellor, and a motor alone or a motor and pedaldriving may be used for propulsion. An ordinary cycle handle - bar may replace the hand-wheel. The velocipede is mounted on runners to facilitate the movement of the machine over land. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 5273, A.D. 1889, No. 16,824, A.D. 1892, No. 10,985, A.D. 1893, No. 2590. A.D. 1896, No. 1060, A.D. 1901, and No. 25,109, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190712561-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Making Margarine.
Inventor: SCHOU HANS HENRIK
Filed: 1907-05-30
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 12,561. Schou, H. H., and Schou, E. Dec. 14, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Butter substitutes.-In apparatus for the uniform cooling of margarine, the emulsion is spread on cooled surfaces which move towards one another so that only thin film remains and then separate. At a temperature of 10‹ C., the thickness of the layer should not exceed 1À5 mm. In one form, the emulsion is poured between oppositely rotating hollow rollers b, inside which a drum n is mounted almost filling the rollers, the space between containing cold circulating brine which enters and leaves through the hollow axes of the rollers which are driven by worm gearing. The plates x are pressed by screws y and springs v against a shoulder r to retain the emulsion. The crystallized margarine is removed from the rollers by knives 10 made in one or several pieces according to length, removably attached to holders 11 and pressed against the drums by springs 16. For compound knives, the shafts 8 have flats and the holders 11 an opening which can in one position be drawn off over the flats, while with single knives the bearings open for removal.
Patent GB-190728747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Ball and Roller Bearings.
Inventor: MAIR WILLIAM BRUCE
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 28,747. Mair, W. B., Sykes, J. H., and Ferguson, J. Dec. 31. Ball and roller bearings. -In a bearing for pulleys, wheels, &c., the journal load is taken by rollers, and end thrust in both directions by balls. The rollers 4, Fig. 3, run in tracks in an inner sleeve 2, and an outer race consisting of two parts 6, 7. The balls 5 are interposed between the rollers and engage curved surfaces 9 formed on the sides of the roller tracks. Fig. 2 shows the application to a wheel bearing, in which there are two tracks 3 containing rollers and balls, the sleeve 2 being formed with a central thrust collar 12. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the track for the balls 5 is independent of the tracks for the rollers 4. The outer bearing-sleeve is made in two parts 19, which meet centrally over the balls 5. Washers 21 are provided to exclude dust and confine the lubricant within the bearing.
Patent GB-190728752-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle Hub.
Inventor: PRESTON WALTER MARK
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 28,752. Preston, W. M., Bahr, W., and Bahr, R. Dec. 31. Hubs; spokes.-Relates to means for adjusting wheel spokes. The bushing 6 having a conical collar 7 near the middle, is retained on the axle arm 4 by means of a nut 5. The hub is made in in two sections 10, 11, having flanges 12 and provided with internal screw-threads, which mesh with the threads on the bushing. The hub section 10 has prongs 13 to engage between the spoke ends, and, to permit the section 11 to turn on the spokes, the prongs are carried on a loose ring 18. Setscrews 15, bearing on copper cushions 16, retain the hub sections in any fixed position.
Patent GB-190801260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Telegraphic Codes.
Inventor: THOMSON JOHN BODEN MONTGOMERY
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 1260. Thomson, J. B. M. Jan. 18. Codes.-Relates to devices for transforming groups of letters, figures, or signs into other groups of signs which comprise a number of fixed and movable scales, the latter being adjustable relatively to each other and to the fixed scales in accordance with a predetermined key. Means is provided for inserting one or more check letters into each group to prevent mistakes in transmission and to ensure a difference of at least two letters, for example, in each five-letter group. The apparatus comprises a case a, Fig. 1, the top of which is formed by a sheet of glass &c. c having opaque parts on which are formed the fixed scales d, Fig. 4, which may consist of columns of syllables. The movable scales consist of endless bands e bearing, in the example shown, columns of figures which are visible between the scales] d. The bands also bear columns of letters which are visible through windows f and form the key-word. The bands pass round pulleys q, r, s, and can be independently adjusted by means of gear-wheels operated by a hand-wheel outside the case. The bands having been adjusted so that the predetermined key-word appears in the windows f, the figures to be transformed are observed on the bands e and the syllables opposite to them are noted. The receiver of the message, being in possession of the key-word, is able to decode the cypher by means of a similar apparatus. The check letters may be carried by an additional band p, which is adjusted so that a given letter, say S, is opposite to the first syllable of the message. The letter on the band p which is opposite to the second syllable is, in transmitting the message, inserted between the two syllables. According to the Provisional Specitication, the apparatus may consist of only two scales, one of which can slide relatively to the other. In the form in which one of the slides consists of a number of relatively movable parts, a locking-device is provided for retaining the parts in their relative positions, and the other slide is provided with an escapement or other mechanism for moving it step by step.
Patent GB-190808969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clamps for Fret-saw Frames and for like purposes.
Filed: 1908-04-24
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 8969. Hobbies, Ltd., and Jewson, H. April 24. Sawing.- An improved clamp for holding a fret-saw blade or any strip of metal in a machine or handframe is constructed so that the saw or strip is effectively held in place by its tension alone. A loop or bent-over strip of metal A has an aperture a to admit the end of the saw-blade c, a straight side a<1> along which the end of the blade passes, an inclined side a', and a roller b mounted in the loop and provided with an enlargement b<1> at each end to prevent it from leaving the loop and a handle b<2> for moving it up and down in the loop A, the ends of which are secured to the frame. The ends of the saw blade are inserted in the oppositely disposed clamps, Fig. 1, while the frame is under tension, and the rollers b are adjusted as in Fig. 3 to clamp the ends against the straight sides a'.
Patent GB-190818524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed Water Heaters for Steam Boilers
Inventor: SURRELL JOHN RALPH
Filed: 1908-09-03
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 18,524. Surrell, J. R. Sept. 3. Steam - generator furnaces.-A boiler furnace which can be readily attached to a steam generator is provided with a feed-water heater which is surrounded by the fuel and forms within it a chamber for the combustion of the gases. As shown in Fig. 1, the furnace consists of a fuel receptacle 10, which may have water-cooled sides and is fed through the top, which has covers 29. Placed centrally within the receptacle 10 and surrounded by the fuel is the feedwater heater consisting of upper and lower annular collars 15, 12 respectively, connected by pipes 14. The lower collar 12 is connected to a water-supply 13, and the collar 15 to the water and steam spaces of the boiler by pipes 17,18 respectively. The heater is attached to a base 11, which is not in communication with the ash-pit 32 but communicates with the external air through the chamber 21 and damper door 22. A hood 19, cooled if desired, extends from the upper collar 15 to the front of the boiler to conduct the gases to the boiler tubes, and a casing 24, also cooled if desired and provided with a damper door 25, extends from the back of the boiler to conduct the gases to the chimney. A steam nozzle 20 extends into the base 11, and an injector 28 extends into the hood 19 to supply steam, oil, or both combined, to increase the flame and heat. In modifications, the feed-water heater consists of a coiled tube extending to the top of the fuel receptacle only, or else into the hood as well. In the former case, the hood is lower and the gases pass first to the back of the boiler and back through the tubes to the front and thence to the chimney.
Patent GB-190822454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 22,454. Mount, S. C., and Beck Flame Lamp, Ltd. Oct. 22. Arc lamps.-In a lamp having two or more pairs of electrodes, which are simultaneously separated when current is switched on, but burn in succession, the arc-striking device is constructed as shown. Plates l surrounding one carbon c<1> of each pair are all linked to a frame h, which is pivoted to brackets k on the main frame, an arm f on the frame h being connected by a link e to a solenoid core b. The second carbon of each pair rests upon a stop and supports the first one by means of arms a. According to the Provisional Specification, an arc-deflecting magnet may be placed with its poles in a line at rightangles to the planes of the carbons, and the carbons may be fed by means of a shunt coil.
Patent GB-190826689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels.
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 26,689. Page, S. E. Dec. 9. [Cognate Application No. 13,215, A.D. 1909, dated June 5.] Springs.-A curved spring-blade spoke, Fig. 12, is formed with a spirally-coiled end H connected to the rim so as to provide some circumferential resilience. Figs. 6 and 8 show modified attachments for the same purpose. In one form, the ends of the spokes are reduced and fitted in grooves in a cast integral bracket h. India-rubber washers l are held on the spokes on each side of the bracket between collars n, m. A cap k closes in the spokes. In other forms the bracket is duplicated as shown at h', h<11>, and encloses either india-rubber washers which are fitted on each side of a block o secured to the spoke, or helical springs n fitted around pins r which are secured to the brackets and passing through bent extremities of the spokes. In another form the ends of the spokes are looped at q and enclose elastic packing l on each side of a block s which is held by a pin r passing through the bracket and loops.
Patent GB-190827598-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Means for Launching Explosive Projectiles by Means of a Dirigible Balloon or Airship.
Inventor: BERRUBE JEAN FERDINAND NICOLAS
Filed: 1908-12-18
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 27,598. Berrube, J. F. N. E. Feb. 7, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Military apparatus. - A projectile T of large size is carried by a balloon B towed by an air-ship D, and at the proper time the balloon B is destroyed by a cartridge K, which is exploded by an electric current passed through the towing-cable C. While the balloon is being towed, equilibrium is maintained between the air-ship and the balloon by weights P carried by a cable F, which is adjusted by a hand-wheel R. When the balloon B is in the proper position relatively to the place to be bombarded, the cable F is released from the wheel R, and the towing-cable is paid out so that the air-ship is not injured by the explosion of the balloon. In a modified arrangement, the air-ship D is connected by a cable C to a balloon B, which is not of sufficient buoyancy wholly to support the projectile T, so that the balloon B hangs beneath the air-ship. The projectile is fitted either with a time fuse or a percussion cap.
Patent GB-190902494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Track Inspectors.
Inventor: ELLIS THADDEUS
IPC: B61K9/08
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 2494. Ellis, T., Purvis, G. H., and Creech, J. S. Feb. 2. Road-contouring apparatus. - An automatic track apparatus for tracing a continuous record of the gauge of the rails and the superelevation of one of the rails, is provided with two styles to mark the record strip, which is advanced by gearing from the track wheel. One style is actuated by a telescopic shaft having wheels on its ends engaging the rails, the other style being moved by a pendulum which slides the shaft to which the style is secured. The pendulum 17, Fig. 3, carries a yoke, which engages the rod 21 and is adapted to move the rod lengthways, a dash-pot 26 being provided at the other end to act as a buffer. Rigidly mounted on the rod 21 is a carriage 28, Fig. 5, slidable on two other rods 27, and having a pivoted arm which carries the style 30 spring- pressed on the recording-strip. The recording- drum mounted on the casing 25 is rotated from a track-wheel through worm gearing, its spindle driving the drum through a friction clutch. A similar style is actuated by the telescopic shafts to which the track-wheels are attached so as to give a record of the variations of the gauge of the rails.